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Call Number: |
PH-00123 |
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Collection Name: |
Bill Wright Papers and Photography Collection |
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Creator: |
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No. of Items: |
14 items |
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Span Dates: |
1982-2013 |
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Description: |
The collection consists of photographs and manuscript materials by Bill Wright (American, born 1933). In addition to fourteen loose prints, there are contact sheets and manuscript materials related to Wright's life and his various book projects including The Tiguas: Pueblo Indians of Texas (El Paso, Tex.: Texas Western Press, 1993), The Texas Kickapoo: Keepers of Tradition (El Paso, Tex.: Texas Western Press, 1996), Portraits from the Desert: Bill Wright's Big Bend (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998), People's Lives: A Photographic Celebration of the Human Spirit (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2001), and The Texas Outback: Ranching on the Last Frontier: A Photographic Portrait (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2005). Information on the loose prints follow. |
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Accession No(s): |
2000:0082:0001-0004 -- Gift of the artist, 2000.; 2001:0058:0001 -- Gift of the artist, 2001 (G 12008).; 2003:0007:0001 -- Gift of the artist, 2003 (G 12249).; 2004:0037:0001 -- Gift of the artist, 2004.; 987:0032:0001-0002 -- Gift of the artist, 1987.; 987:0032:0001-0002; 994:0001:0001; 996:0042:0001; 999:0033:0001; 999:0042:0001; 2001:0058:0001; 2003:0007:0001; 2004:0037:0001; 2005:0040:0001-0004; 2013:0009:0001; 994:0001:0001 -- Gift of the artist, 1994.; 996:0042:0001 -- Gift of the artist, 1996.; 999:0033:0001 -- Gift of the artist, 1999 (G 11500).; 999:0042:0001 -- Gift of the artist, 1999 (G 11840).; Gifts of the artist, 1987-2005 (G6035). |
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Location(s): |
Curatorial permission required (2013:0009:0001) Curatorial permission required 1 osb, Box 1 (unprocessed materials) Curatorial permission required Wright, B., Boxes 01-08 (unprocessed manuscripts) V-W Box, Small (999:0033:0001; 2005:0040:0004; 2013:0009:0001) W Box, Medium (987:0032:0001-0002; 994:0001:0001) W Box, Large (996:0042:0001; 2005:0040:0001-0003) W Box, Extra Large (999:0042:0001; 2001:0058:0001; 2003:0007:0001) Flat File (2004:0037:0001) |
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See Also: |
China, August 1983: 12 Photographs by Bill Wright: Wright, Bill. China, August 1983: 12 Photographs by Bill Wright (PH-00820) A View from the Streets: New York 1978: Wright, Bill. A View from the Streets: New York 1978 (PH-02787) The Zoner's Portfolio Photography Collection: Additional photographs by Wright can be found in the Zoner's Portfolio Photography Collection (PH-01776). |